[h2] [centre] [color=f49ac2]Astrid Peterson[/color][/centre] [/h2] [h3] [centre] [color=C0C0C0] Durins Cottage, Towards a Rainy village centre[/color][/centre] [/h3] [i][centre][h3] Dates, Drizzle and Dogs[/h3][/centre][/i] [hr] Astrid smiled and felt the slightly wet but well meaning Fluffy against her side and made exiting a a little harder. Luckily Alex replied the gesture and a freind hug showed that it seemed he meant it too. The gesture had maybe been a risk but it had paid off, she had not been on a date for a good few months atleast and she had never taken Fluffy on one, she was either too young a puppy or busy to consider a relationship. Fluffy looked up at her and gave them both a "Well you'd be dancing about it all day otherwise look" and trustingly rested against Astrid, she always was a good judge of charceter so if she liked him, well better give him a chance. [i][color=f49ac2]I think our animal freinds know us better than we do... I needed a nudge. And I thought I was rusty, let's just have fun and see what happens.[/color][/i] Smiling slightly nervously and feeling a warm hand slide into hers, it was somthing she had not felt in a while and comforted her nerves slightly that where playing a a full symphony in the back of her mind, what if, what happens if he did not like her, what if's doing there best to break though but blocked off and kept in check for now. Returning a gentle pressure and banishing her negative thoughts for now, what to do, the beach was nice but the weather seamed to be planned to turn bad a few hours later, though a cliff top walk or others could be a idea. Looking to Waconia, and seeing the obvious look of mischief but also a look that told her the gossip and after date report would be a afternoon and a good sized pot of coffee on the porch or by the fire. She seemed to of had a intrest before, was she thr Village matchmaker or somthing? Or just a barkeep intrested in gossip. Feeling somehow m, somthing had placed and guided everything. Astrid had a open mind on the goddess, but maybe her influence was stronger here than the cities and larger towns. [i][color=f49ac2]I'm the pink door nearby Reds, I'm sure you'll be popping over sooner than later! Just maybe Don t invite your long tailed freinds! [/color][/i] Laughing, she had hered her house seemed to have a few or acording to some, several dozen squirrels sharing it with her. It had to be annoying though, and make Astrid glad for her thick stone walls. Turning back to Alex she thought a second, keeping warm would definitely be nice. [i][color=f49ac2] A hot drink would be lovely, maybe we can take a walk down costal path if this rain breaks. My cottage is near the end if things get too wet, and the fires warm! Oh... That sounds like... Umm... Freindly! It's meant to be freindly! [/color][/i] Relishing suddenly how she nearly propositioned him before they had even started a first date, jeez Astrid, your not that desperate.. Don, t scare the guy away this early! Remembering she never put her phone on quiet mode, if the Dr wanted to call about the strange rock formations she saw below the village it could wait. She had emailed a few pictures over but had been too hard to get samples by hand. She had hered of the rota on land, but things going on in the rock made her think that somthing strange was going on below the ground too. It was small, but it could be signs of worse or bigger things. But that could be dealt with during working days, she could always ring back on Monday. Right now it was her day. [hr] [@Howilng Zinogre][@MissCapnCrunch][@T Risket] [hr]